Brian Douglas Tennyson is professor emeritus in the department of history at Cape Breton University and also served as founding director of the university's Centre for International Studies. A specialist in early twenthieth-century Canadian political history, his publications include Canada's Great War, Percy Willmot: A Cape Bretoner at War, and Merry Hell, which was shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award. Brian lives in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.